LOVING AWE

 

 

Let my whole being bless the Lord!

Lord, my God, how fantastic you are!

You are clothed in glory and grandeur!

You wear light like a robe;

You open the skies like a curtain.

Psalm 104:1-2

 

I again wake deep into the night: this time as my husband, Tim, murmurs, “It’s happening;” this time it’s on the Florida Gulf with the surf echoing Tim’s call.  Awaiting in awe on our balcony we observe the earth’s shadow creep across in front of the moon.  A blood red moon with swirls of crimson and cinnamon finally stares back.  Magnificent.  God, the Artist, you’re at it again.

I thought it was enough to discover olive shells with intricate chocolate shadings, to jump with joy as a child shares her sand creation, or to follow dolphins’ twisting shadows just beneath the water’s surface, hoping to catch their silver shine as they leap high above the surf.  But God continues searching through his splendors to share with us.

Could there be anymore?  Of course.   It’s Holy Week.  The Lunar Eclipse echoes with a deeper symbolic splendor.  Just as Jesus’ dark horrific death blocked out some of God’s Light temporarily, the moon, too, was blocked temporarily by the Earth’s dark shadow. 

Adam Hamilton is pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Overland, KN.  His church was rocked by the three violent deaths in that city, two of whom were church members.  He said, “Easter suddenly seems so much more important to me and for our church and community this year as we remember on that day that neither evil, nor hate, nor even death has the final word in our lives. “

Blocked temporarily, God’s magnificent love is still handed out by Him